BULGARIA: Non-Political

From Sofia
despatches chronicled the assassination of M. Madjariow, the mayor of
the city, by one Tomoff. For a wonder the two men chanced to be of the
same political party and as a result the Bulgarian press was unable to
adhere to its usual policy of attaching an allegedly "deep political
significance" to every notable crime.

In this instance the murderer admitted that he killed M. Madjariow for
discharging him from a minor municipal post. Moreover, as he was about
to be apprehended by the police, he committed suicide thus putting an...